diff --git a/collectd-4.5.3-gcc-4.4-strict-aliasing-issue.patch b/collectd-4.5.3-gcc-4.4-strict-aliasing-issue.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbb1c17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collectd-4.5.3-gcc-4.4-strict-aliasing-issue.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+From 76cdc4d21f40a65d775bbce3468996c4d0045d96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alan Pevec <apevec@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:36:36 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix gcc-4.4 strict-aliasing issue
+
+cc1: warnings being treated as errors
+liboping.c: In function 'ping_host_add':
+liboping.c:995: error: dereferencing pointer 'si' does break strict-aliasing rules
+...
+
+Signed-off-by: Alan Pevec <apevec@redhat.com>
+---
+ src/liboping/liboping.c |   18 ++++++++++++------
+ 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/liboping/liboping.c b/src/liboping/liboping.c
+index 13bcc92..dee28fb 100644
+--- a/src/liboping/liboping.c
++++ b/src/liboping/liboping.c
+@@ -987,9 +987,12 @@ int ping_host_add (pingobj_t *obj, const char *host)
+ 
+ 		if (ai_ptr->ai_family == AF_INET)
+ 		{
+-			struct sockaddr_in *si;
+-
+-			si = (struct sockaddr_in *) &sockaddr;
++			union {
++			    struct sockaddr_storage any_socket;
++			    struct sockaddr_in si;
++			} s;
++			s.any_socket = sockaddr;
++			si = &s.si;
+ 			si->sin_family = AF_INET;
+ 			si->sin_port   = htons (ph->ident);
+ 			si->sin_addr.s_addr = htonl (INADDR_ANY);
+@@ -999,9 +1002,12 @@ int ping_host_add (pingobj_t *obj, const char *host)
+ 		}
+ 		else if (ai_ptr->ai_family == AF_INET6)
+ 		{
+-			struct sockaddr_in6 *si;
+-
+-			si = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) &sockaddr;
++			union {
++			    struct sockaddr_storage any_socket;
++			    struct sockaddr_in6 si;
++			} s;
++			s.any_socket = sockaddr;
++			si = &s.si;
+ 			si->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+ 			si->sin6_port   = htons (ph->ident);
+ 			si->sin6_addr   = in6addr_any;
+-- 
+1.6.0.6
+
diff --git a/collectd.spec b/collectd.spec
index 55add01..d000c93 100644
--- a/collectd.spec
+++ b/collectd.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Statistics collection daemon for filling RRD files
 Name: collectd
 Version: 4.5.3
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
 URL: http://collectd.org/
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Source: http://collectd.org/files/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0: %{name}-4.5.1-include-collectd.d.patch
 # bug 468067 "pkg-config --libs OpenIPMIpthread" fails
 Patch1: %{name}-4.5.1-configure-OpenIPMI.patch
+# posted upstream
+Patch2: collectd-4.5.3-gcc-4.4-strict-aliasing-issue.patch
 
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ This plugin collects information from virtualized guests.
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p0
+%patch2 -p1
 
 sed -i.orig -e 's|-Werror||g' Makefile.in */Makefile.in
 
@@ -407,6 +410,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 03 2009 Alan Pevec <apevec@redhat.com> 4.5.3-2
+- patch for strict-aliasing issue in liboping.c
+
 * Mon Mar 02 2009 Alan Pevec <apevec@redhat.com> 4.5.3-1
 - New upstream version 4.5.3
 - fixes collectd is built without iptables plugin, bz# 479208